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vAtaje pInase dhImAnicchannevAtmano hitam ||143||

vAtaje pInase dhImAnicchannevAtmano hitam ||143||

Treatment of vatika pinasa (vata dominant chronic rhinitis) if associated with cough and abnormal voice (hoarseness of voice):

Treatment of ''vatika pinasa'' (''vata'' dominant chronic rhinitis) if associated with cough and abnormal voice (hoarseness of voice):

1. Consume ghee and yavakshara

#Consume ghee and yavakshara

2. Drink hot meat soup or warm milk

#Drink hot meat soup or warm milk

3. Inhalation of unctuous medicated smoke. [134]

#Inhalation of unctuous medicated smoke. [134]

4. Varti (smoking wick/cigarette) is to be prepared out of shatahva, twak, balaroots, bark of shyonaka, eranda root, bark of bilva, aragvadha and bee’s wax, muscle-fat and ghee. Use this as varti (cigarette) to smoke. [135]

#''Varti'' (smoking wick/cigarette) is to be prepared out of ''shatahva, twak, bala'' roots, bark of ''shyonaka, eranda'' root, bark of ''bilva, aragvadha'' and beeswax, muscle-fat and ghee. Use this as ''varti'' (cigarette) to smoke. [135]

5. Alternative formula can be adopted by the physician for smoke inhalation in cases of acute coryza /rhinitis: Roasted barley flour and ghee, mix together and keep in an earthen saucer, and cover it with another saucer having hole in the middle, seal the joint of these two earthen saucers then keep it over the fire. Reed should be fixed to the hole in the upper saucer. The smoke coming out of this is to be inhaled in acute rhinitis. [136]

#Alternative formula can be adopted by the physician for smoke inhalation in cases of acute coryza /rhinitis: Roasted barley flour and ghee, mix together and keep in an earthen saucer, and cover it with another saucer having hole in the middle, seal the joint of these two earthen saucers then keep it over the fire. Reed should be fixed to the hole in the upper saucer. The smoke coming out of this is to be inhaled in acute rhinitis. [136]

6. If pain in temples, head and forehead, fomentation with warm palms and poultices should be used.

#If pain in temples, head and forehead, fomentation with warm palms and poultices should be used.

7. If sneezing, nasal obstruction or discharge, etc. then fomentation with bolus type (sankar sweda) and other such types foementation to be done after adequate massage [137].

#If sneezing, nasal obstruction or discharge, etc. then fomentation with bolus type (''sankara sweda'') and other such types fomentation to be done after adequate massage [137].

8. The patient should also inhale powders of rohisha, jiraka, vacha, tarkari, chorakaor powders of- twak, patra, maricha, ela, upakunchika. [138]

#The patient should also inhale powders of ''rohisha, jiraka, vacha, tarkari, chorakaor'' powders of- ''twak, patra, maricha, ela, upakunchika''. [138]

9. If there is dryness of nasal passage, shringataka (vital spot where the junction of vessels supplying nourishment to eye, nose and ear) nose and eye then oil inhalation is advisable.

#If there is dryness of nasal passage, shringataka (vital spot where the junction of vessels supplying nourishment to eye, nose and ear) nose and eye then oil inhalation is advisable.

Also, the following oil known as anu-taila:

Also, the following oil known as anu-taila:

Sesame seeds are impregnated in goat’s milk paste is prepared and triturated with goat’s milk again. Add madhuka and heat this paste on mild fire. Extract the oil and add decoction of dasamula and paste of rasna, madhuka and saindhava. Cook the above repeatedly for ten times. The processed in this manner is called anu-tailam. [139-140]

Sesame seeds are impregnated in goat’s milk paste is prepared and triturated with goat’s milk again. Add madhuka and heat this paste on mild fire. Extract the oil and add decoction of dasamula and paste of rasna, madhuka and saindhava. Cook the above repeatedly for ten times. The processed in this manner is called anu-tailam. [139-140]